burgès
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin burgēnsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [burˈʒɛs]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [burˈʒəs]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [buɾˈd͡ʒes]
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Adjective
burgès (feminine burgesa, masculine plural burgesos, feminine plural burgeses)
- bourgeois
- well-off, comfortable
- Synonym: acomodat
Noun
burgès m (plural burgesos, feminine burgesa, feminine plural burgeses)
- a bourgeois, a member of the bourgeoisie
- (historical) burgher, burgess
Related terms
Further reading
- “burgès”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “burgès”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “burgès” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “burgès” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.